Today, the trend of Internet Things (IoT) is increasing through use smart devices, vehicular networks, and household devices with internet-based networks. Specifically, IoT gadgets used in government military are crucial to operational success. Communication data sharing between these have increased several ways. Similarly, threats information breaches communication channels also surged signifi...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the effects of personal and other characteristics of care recipients on the behaviour of carers. The aim of this study is to examine the association between the main chronic (disabling) condition of care recipients and the likelihood of their (matched) primary carers aged 15-64 years being out of the labour force. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis ...

Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of food-borne disease in industrialized countries. Carbohydrate utilization by C. jejuni is severely restricted, and knowledge about which substrates fuel C. jejuni infection and growth is limited. Some amino acids have been shown to serve as carbon sources both in vitro and in vivo. In the present study we investigated the contribution of serine and prolin...

Supporting state-dependent action costs in planning admits a more compact representation of many tasks. We generalize the additive heuristic h and compute it by embedding decision-diagram representations of action cost functions into the RPG. We give a theoretical evaluation and present an implementation of the generalized h heuristic. This allows us to handle even the hardest instances of the ...

T technique of intravenous sedation with a benzodiazepine is a well documented and successful method for reducing fear and anxiety in many patients who regard dental treatment as challenging and potentially painful. One of the most important factors to achieving a well sedated patient is ensuring the dose of the drug given is titrated to the individual patient. Five years ago, a Rapid Response ...